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Opportunity Summary:

The Department of Defense Ovarian Cancer Research Program (OCRP) Pilot Award is a research funding opportunity designed to push the ovarian cancer field forward by backing conceptually innovative projects that are intentionally high risk but potentially high reward. The central purpose is to support early stage ideas that could lead to major advances or critical discoveries, especially work that challenges current assumptions or opens up new ways of thinking about ovarian cancer biology, detection, prevention, or treatment strategies. A key expectation is that the project serves as a catalyst for future research directions, often by producing initial results that can justify larger follow-on studies.

The proposed research must have a clear and direct focus on ovarian cancer. Applicants are expected to anchor their work in ovarian cancer-relevant systems, which can include patient tissues, established or primary cell lines, existing datasets, and/or appropriate animal models. Even though the award is meant to enable exploratory work, it is not intended for unfocused speculation; proposals need to present a testable hypothesis supported by strong scientific rationale and logical reasoning. In other words, the application is judged less on having extensive preliminary results and more on whether the idea is well-justified, scientifically credible, and likely to generate informative preliminary data that can meaningfully shape the field.

Preliminary data are not required, which is consistent with the pilot nature of the mechanism, but they are allowed if the team has them. The award is specifically positioned to help researchers generate the early evidence needed to validate an innovative concept, demonstrate feasibility, or refine an approach. At the same time, clinical trials are explicitly not supported under this mechanism, so projects must remain in the preclinical, translational, or discovery-development space rather than proposing interventional studies in human participants.

Administratively, this opportunity was released under Funding Opportunity Number W81XWH-15-OCRP-PA and is offered by the Department of the Army through the U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA). It falls under the category of Science and Technology and other Research and Development and uses a Cooperative Agreement/Grant funding instrument type. The program anticipated making about 18 awards with an estimated total funding amount of $7,200,000, and it did not require cost sharing or matching funds. Eligibility was listed as unrestricted, meaning it was broadly open to many types of applicant organizations, subject to any additional eligibility clarifications in the full announcement.

Key timeline details show the opportunity was posted on March 23, 2015, with an original and current closing date of August 5, 2015, and an archive date of September 4, 2015. For applicant support, the announcement directed technical or access questions to the CDMRP Help Desk (301-682-5507, help@eBRAP.org). The relevant CFDA listing associated with the program is 12.420, Military Medical Research and Development.

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